2018 Almacerro Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain (MAGNUM)

TASTING NOTES:

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is dark and brooding, earthy and

layered. Notes of petrichor, cedar box, dusty savory herbs and

mountain sage brush exude from the glass. Unmistakably Howell

Mountain, its robust and muscular framework is woven delicately

with luscious, velvety tannins to reveal a wine that is both power-

ful and lifted. Beneath these savory layers are beautifully nuanced

aromas of cassis, juicy ripe blackberries and mulberries with

perfumy notes of fresh rose petals and lavender that provide yet

another level of intrigue and depth to the wine. As the tannins

wind their way across the palate, we are left with the impression

of total balance and harmony, a wine that is both stoic and poised